The PRCA announced Tuesday that the money would be a little bit bigger this year at the National Finals Rodeo.
The purse has increased another $200,000 in 2021, up to $10,257,048 total. A Go-Round win now pays $26,997 ($26,231 in 2020) and the Average now pays $69,234 ($67,269 in 2020). Additionally, stock contractor pay is now $3,077,144.
The Wrangler NFR will return to the Thomas & Mack Center in 2021.
“You can’t put that into words (what it means to be back in Vegas)......To have that big hole in December was disconcerting,” Christensen said.
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